Nie and Golde's main argument is that ________________.

Nie and Golde's main argument is that ________________.
 
  a. underlying verbal abilities are most likely a facilitator of high educational achievement and not a result thereof
  b. education neither creates nor transmits many different kinds of skills and capabilities
  c. an ever-advancing scientific and technical curriculum has little impact on what students learn and what work they are qualified to do
  d. reading the classics does little good for either the soul or the mind
  e. all of the above

Question 2

The right to vote has steadily included more groups over the past two centuries of U.S. history because___________________.
 
  a. of unruly activities (e.g., riots, demonstrations) by those denied this right
  b. an increasingly educated and enlightened leadership has increasingly had this as one of their primary goals
  c. when comparisons to western European nations were made, the political leaders of the U.S. were consistently humiliatedand thus were motivated to include more and more groups
  d. the majority of state governors were women by the late 1960s, and female leaders have greater sensitivity for redressing political and social inequities
  e. all of the above

Question 3

By the Land Rush, Davis means the _____________________________ _______.
 
  a. rush of easterners moving westward to claim federal farm lands
  b. rush of speculators to invest in real estate in the early 1980s
  c. rush of farmers and farm sons to get off the land
  d. tendency of middle-class individuals to buy property and their own homes as soon as they have enough savings for a down payment
  e. all of the above

Question 4

Race _____________________________ _________.
 
  a. is strictly a biological concept
  b. combines biological and social features
  c. is strictly a social concept
  d. is no longer a concept used in American sociology
  e. none of the above

Question 5

Increased education does not appear to cause an increase in verbal ability.
 
  a. true
  b. false

Question 6

Fundamental to Beeghley's thesis is that the low level of voting of the poor and of the working class allows the middle class and rich to dominate the political process in the United States.
 
  a. true
  b. false

Question 7

According to sorting (signaling) theory, education's main importance is that it increases the overall thinking ability of an individual.
 
  a. true
  b. false